01 July, 2012

Fiji workshop - Truly, Madly, Deeply

Here it is, July, and July–August is the week of the writing workshop I'll be running at Daku Resort in Savusavu, Fiji. It's a small group so far, so you're guaranteed of a great deal of personal attention, but it would be terrific if I could interest a few more people in coming. Here is a thumbnail sketch of what we'll be covering:

During this course Margo will be encouraging you to write truly, madly and deeply.

Madness: freeing yourself to take leaps in the dark; getting out of your own way; refreshing your writing; disciplining your inner editor; filling the well; experimenting with strangeness

Depth: writing the story that only you can write; confronting your fears; writing from your depths—but keeping yourself safe/sane

This will be an intense retreat—but in a good way. Come along and refresh your writing, try new techniques and reconnect with your own personal sources of story.

The workshop sessions will happen in the mornings. The afternoons will be free; then we'll meet again in the evenings before dinner to read from works in progress or from our workshop writing, and get feedback from the group.

If you know anyone who'd like to warm up in Fiji for a week (or cool down, if they're coming from the States) and combine it with some intensive writing and thinking-about-writing, please pass the link on.

4 Comments:

mayaward.com.au said...

Hi MargoI'm a non-fiction writer (author of The Comfort of Water which came out last year, www.mayaward.com.au) who adores your work. I want to speculate about alternative futures from a non-fiction point of view and I was wondering if your course may suit me. Could you advise?WIth thanksMaya

About Me

I write fiction. My latest novel is Zeroes, the first book of the Zeroes trilogy (YA fantasy), a collaboration with Scott Westerfeld and Deborah Biancotti. My novel Sea Hearts is published as The Brides of Rollrock Island in the UK and the US. I've also written Tender Morsels and five short story collections: White Time, Black Juice, Red Spikes, Yellowcake and Cracklescape.